The U.S. Postal Service is reminding Coloradans that ballots must be received by county clerks by the Nov. 4 election day and that solely having a postmark before or on that day does not suffice.

“We’ve already processed thousands of ballots and have delivered them to the clerks in Colorado’s 64 counties,” Selwyn Epperson, service district manager who oversees mail operations for the state, said in a statement. “The Postal Service anticipated a large influx this week and we are ready to ensure each and every Colorado vote is counted.”

More than 3.5 million ballots were mailed to registered Colorado voters earlier this month.

The service reminds that all ballots require postage and in some cases extra postage is necessary because of the ballot’s weight.

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